Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
537
Average fatalities per year:
107
Five-year average fatality rate:
1.3
Finance, insurance, real estate
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W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
126
A N D
R A T E S
Rate per 100,000 workers
125
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
120
116
1.4
114
107
108
1.3
97
1.1
1.1
96
1.2
1.2
1.2
102
92
90
1995
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
48
1998
1
1999
GENDER
1995
1996
AGE
1997
1998
1999
RACE
Wage/Salary worker
433
Male
400
Under 20
Self-employed
104
Female
137
20 to 34
112
Black/African American
44
35 to 54
267
Hispanic/Latino
52
55 and older
155
Other races/Not reported
31
Industry Profiles
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White
410
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
7%
Fires/
explosions
1%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
35%
(24% Highway)
F I N A N C E , I N S U R A N C E , A N D R E A L E S TAT E
O C C U PAT I O N S A N D L E A D I N G FATA L E V E N T
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
4%
42%
(33% Homicides)
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
Managers, properties
and real estate
91
44
Homicides
Real estate sales
occupations
44
Highway incidents
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
All other activities
35%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
35%
6%
14
Managers and
administrators, not
elsewhere classified
38
11
Aircraft incidents
Financial managers
30
Homicides
15
Guards and police,
except public service
25
Homicides
18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Industry Profiles
49
Number of fatalities
Materials
handling
operations
2%
Protective
services
5%
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
16%
1%
Occupation
Leading event